Jordi Savall and his band of ancient instrumentalists trace melodies that traveled from across the Mediterranean to Venice, the capital of culture for over 1000 years. Mondays at 8pm.
10/4 The Millenarian Venice: Gateway to the East For 1,000 years, Venice was a world capital of trade and culture. Jordi Savall and his international band of ancient instrument performers trace the melodies from across the Mediterranean to Persia, the Ottoman empire; and from Rome to France to 11th century Greece, all through music that moved through Venice. We’ll hear the Orthodox-Byzantine Vocal Ensemble, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hesperion XXI and Le Concert des Nations.
10/11 All-Russian Stravinsky: Closing scenes from The Firebird Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 (Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle, cond; Evgeny Kissin, p; NYPO, Alan Gilbert, cond; Munich Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev, cond)
10/18 Debussy: Images (Leif Ove Andsnes, p) Ravel: Piano Concerto (Pierre-Laurent Aimard, p; Munich Philharmonic; Valery Gergiev, cond) Berlioz: Death of Cleopatra (Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique; Sir John Eliot Gardiner, cond) Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe (San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, cond)
10/25 Bartók: Hungarian Peasant Songs Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Marc-André Hamelin, p; Budapest Festival Orchestra; Iván Fischer, cond) Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4, Dumky (Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Vogt Trio) Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, cond) Bartók: Suite Op. 14 (Leif Ove Andsnes, p)
